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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Edgebrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgebrook and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Edgebrook:
    • 40.484827, -74.403206
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Edgebrook
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Since Edgebrook is near Somerset County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Edgebrook

Communities Also Named Edgebrook ...

We found five communities that are also named Edgebrook.

There is one other community in New Jersey that is also named Edgebrook.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New Jersey ...
    • Mercer County
      • This Edgebrook is located in Mercer County and lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Edgebrook that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Edgebrook.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Edgebrook is located in Cook County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Edgebrook that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Edgebrook.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Edgebrook [Saint Louis County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Edgebrook is located in Allegheny County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the west of the Edgebrook that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Edgebrook.
      • Washington County
      • This Edgebrook is located in Washington County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the west of the Edgebrook that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Edgebrook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgebrook ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Clara Barton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clara Barton is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Barton
  • Clyde
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Clyde is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Edison
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Edison is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
  • Fords
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fords is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
  • Greensand
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Greensand is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensand
  • Herberts
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Herberts is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herberts
  • Laurel Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Laurel Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
  • Lincoln Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Maple Meade
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Meade is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meade
  • Martins Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Martins Landing is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
  • Mechanicsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Nixon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Nixon is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Patricks Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Patricks Corners is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricks Corners
    • Pumptown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Pumptown is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumptown
    • Randolphville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Randolphville is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolphville
    • Red Lion
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Lion is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
    • Sand Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sand Hills is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hills
    • Sixmile Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Sixmile Run is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Run
    • Society Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Society Hill is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
    • Tanners Corners
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Tanners Corners is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Corners
    • Valentine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Valentine is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine

How Far From Edgebrook to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Edgebrook to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edgebrook and extending to:

  • New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the West.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Edgebrook to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 177 miles [284.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,720 miles [9,205.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,302 miles [6,923.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edgebrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Edgebrook could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Edgebrook to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edgebrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4848, Longitude: -74.4032       In this case, the coordinates for Edgebrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.202 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.775 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.937 degrees.